I was very surprised, never thought that Bai Kai could have this ability. But at the moment, I really don't have the ability to feel emotional. I just feel the numbness starting from the tip of the finger, and it is about to spread to the whole arm.
Not to mention whether it will freeze to death if it continues like this, frostbite is certain. Moreover, this real frostbite is far more terrifying than we imagined, and amputations are often caused.
I tried my best to say that I was cold.
Bai Kai understood. You wait, I will find a way for you.
After speaking, Bai Kai blew another whistle, and the group of corpses walked back. Bai Kai took off the tops of all the corpses, threw them to me and told me to wear them all, don't be afraid, it's not poisonous.
I was a little resistant at first, but right now it's more important to save my life. These clothes are all the same style, and the quality is surprisingly good. It's just not too thick. I hastily put on several pieces on my body. It's not so cold, but my body is even more immobile under the clothes.
After resting for a while with the dead body against the wind, I finally recovered. Only then did he ask Bai Kai, who did he learn to drive corpses from
Bai Kai was a little thirsty, so he grabbed a handful of snow and ate it before saying, would you believe me if I said self-taught? Hurry up first, we can't be left behind for too long.
The picture of several shirtless male corpses opening the way in the silver-clad forest is more exciting than I imagined. In a trance, I felt that even if there were monsters in this mountain, they would probably be scared to death by us.
I don't know how far the journey is, so Bai Kai and I chatted non-stop. One is to pass the time, and the other is to divert attention, so as not to always think about being cold.
Bai Kai gave me a general introduction to the exorcism. It is said that driving corpses has existed since ancient times. At first, the method was the same all over the country, which was to drive the corpses back to their hometowns for burial. The Chinese pay attention to returning fallen leaves to their roots, and believe that no matter how far a person travels while alive. In the end, you must die where you were born. Even if you don't have time to come back to die, the body has to be transported back and buried in the ground for safety. This is all about reincarnation.
Moreover, in some sayings, the souls of the dead who died abroad have to travel thousands of miles back to reincarnate. Although it is a dead soul, the difficulties and obstacles on this road are no less than those of a living person, and there are very few people who can really come back. So people are more inclined to simply get the corpse back. The insurance factor is higher.
There are also customs in many places, if a member of the family dies and is not placed in the ancestral tomb or the family tomb, it will be detrimental to the family. So to sum up, no matter what the reason is, the corpse must be transported. The transportation conditions in ancient times were very poor. Even for a rich family, it would take a month to get home with a carriage. Not to mention that the poor carried the corpse home with a bed and bedding. So this is the birth of the business of exorcising corpses.
When this business is established, there will naturally be people who study it. So as more and more people are employed. The skills and means of expelling corpses have been developed more and more perfect. So that many genres were separated later. Many of these genres can no longer be verified. Anyway, with the passage of time, the competition and infighting of these genres, coupled with the natural demise, finally Bai Kai can name only a few. But in modern times, with the development of science and technology, the business of chasing corpses has gradually disappeared. No matter how fast you chase corpses, you can't outrun a car. This is the inevitable result of history.
However, there are still occasional rumors of expelling corpses among the people. A large part of this is due to some people's mystification, especially before and after liberation. Many intelligence officers or drug smugglers and arms dealers, in short, they are all people who work with their heads and waistbands. These people often use corpses to disguise their identities. First of all, ordinary people are still very afraid of chasing corpses, and avoid them all the time, so it can play a deceptive role. Secondly, most of the corpses are driven at night. Under this banner, you can feel more at ease when walking at night. At least no bandits and bandits will come to rob the road.
Earlier, Bai Kai heard the truth from his master. Our country cracked a very large case of abduction and trafficking of women. The criminal used the banner of driving away the corpse. He sealed the mouth of the abducted woman and covered her head with a black curtain. No one found it at all along the way. If one of the women hadn't accidentally missed her period, she would have been able to hide it.
And the remaining small group of people who actually exorcised the corpses usually walked away. Because our country has a vast territory, the customs of different places are not the same. I can't wait for every village to have a village's talk, and exorcising corpses is to serve these customs. For example, the custom in some places is that people who were born on certain days and died on certain days cannot be carried out of the village in a coffin. It is said that it will recruit things to the village. But this corpse can't be carried out, it has to be buried in the cemetery. There is no other way but to call the corpse chaser and let the corpse go out openly, then the matter will be resolved.
In other places, it is customary to use corpses in yin marriages. This yin marriage generally refers to the marriage of a dead person to a living person, or to two living people. It is not recognized by law, but this habit still exists in many places. It is said that the unmarried young people who died are afraid that they will be unwilling and haunted after death. In some places, it is very simple to marry in the shadows, and the two bodies are buried together and it is over. But some places are different, you need to parade through the streets, walk around the ancestral hall of the ancestors, or walk around the village, only then can you get the approval of the family, and you can form a yin marriage.
There are many places to use this corpse, but to put it bluntly, it is no longer of great use. Not to mention making money in this line of work, even if you can't even eat enough, no one is willing to do it. Many corpse chasers have changed their careers, and those who are closer are still in the range of metaphysicians, eating and drinking everywhere. Those who are farther away should simply go to work and farm.
As for those who are still on the front line of exorcising corpses, they are not pure exorcising corpses. Instead, cooperate with people on the road to do great things.
There is no way to drive the corpse to such a decline. From many genres, such as the Xiang School, the operation before expelling the corpse must be done in a darkroom, which cannot be seen by outsiders. The burden-carrying school, the first few steps of walking with the dead body, let the dead body step over several poles of different heights, which is said to be a test of ferocity. etc. It was transformed into the northern and southern factions that were later divided according to the north and south. The south is more traditional, or the original number of roads. On the contrary, the north is more advanced and will use a lot of new props.
But these are only things that happened a long time ago. Let alone the division of north and south, there are few people in the whole country who do it, so it is impossible to distinguish.
Bai Kai talked a lot, and I listened to it all at once.
It was indeed very fresh, and the cold was really ignored after such a chat. In addition, after walking for a while, people have already warmed up, so it can't be said to be comfortable, at least they can persist.
After walking for about an hour, I began to think that we were heading towards the ice house. But at this time, I realized that we seemed to be getting farther and farther away from the ice house.
I asked Bai Kai, where should we take this? Not going to the ice house
Take us to find Qin Yiheng, let me tell you. When the black thread is threaded, it is a whole. It's for insurance. We have no other choice now, and I'm not sure if it's safe or not after a long time. Qin Yiheng must be found first. Bai Kai warmed his hands and said, don't look at it as a corpse, it has a sharper nose than ours. Qin Yiheng must be here and didn't run away.
I nodded, it seemed that I was right this time. Qin Yiheng really has some secret here.
I wondered in my mind whether I would find another ice house. Are there many in this forest
I said, Bai Kai, do you have any plans? When we went, did we mingle or watch
Bai Kai thought for a while, then suddenly asked me, hey Xiao Que, let me ask you a question. Don't think too much about it, it's just a simple question.
I said, why are you so fucking cowardly? Borrow money? No!
Do not borrow money. Bai Kai suddenly said seriously, let me ask you, if one of Qin Yiheng and I must sink into the Yin River, are you willing to let me sacrifice? Or are you willing to let Qin Yiheng die
I heard something was wrong. I said, are you simply asking this question? Then choose you, anyway, you can live enough.
Oh, choose me. Bai Kai didn't get angry and asked again, what if you and Qin Yiheng have to sink the river? How do you choose